6-Chloro-1-hexanol → (E)-4-butoxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid 6-hydroxyhexyl ester

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1.38 g (5.50 mmol) (E)-4-butyloxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid was suspended in 3 ml acetonitrile. A mixture of 0.84 g (5.50 mmol) 1,8-diazabicyclo[5 4.0]undec-7-ene(1,5-5) (DBU) and 3 ml acetonitrile was added dropwise over a period of 5 minutes. 0.46 g (1.25 mmol) tetrabutylammonium iodide and 0.68 g (5.00 mmol) 6-chlorohexanol was added and the resulting mixture was then refluxed for 6 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled and then extracted using ethyl acetate and water. The ethyl acetate phase was washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated by rotary evaporation. The residue was purified by chromatography using a silica gel column (120 g) and toluene:ethyl acetate (1:1) as eluant to give 1.39 g (79%) (E)-4-butyloxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid 6-hydroxyhexyl ester as colourless oil.

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